Santa Rita School

Santa Rita Spellathon Pledges Due!
Pledges are due to your teacher by Tuesday, February 9th. If you need tax receipts, you can pick them up in the Santa Rita office, or print them out from the Spellathon homepage. Parents, please write separate checks for siblings, as it is difficult for our accounting committee to split money between siblings or classrooms. Thank you for your continued generous support to Santa Rita!
Mark your calendars for Junior Olympics--Saturday, April 24, 2010
Parent Volunteers are needed to help during PE Training on six Friday afternoons (3/12-4/23) from 12:40-2:50. Click here for more info about Junior Olympics and volunteering.
Would you like to help our students know a little more about this world?
Would you make a short presentation on the country of your heritage, or a country in which you have experience? Family members and friends can help too! When? - Friday, April 9 from 10:30-12:00 - Your 15 minute presentation would be repeated 3 times during that morning. For more information, check out the International Day link.
Join the fun and Register now for Santa Rita Chorus on Wednesday Mornings

Info at: http://www.santaritaschool.org/pdf/ChorusWin Spr2010.pdf
New Amazon Fundraising Program
Shop through the Santa Rita Amazon button (see Fundraising section below), and Santa Rita will receive up to 15% of your purchase to help fund school supplies and programs. Don't forget to Bookmark the link!

February 4, 2010

Schools in the Los Altos School District have recently experienced an increase in vandalism on their campuses. Similar vandalism and destruction of property has also been experienced in the neighborhoods surrounding our schools. Recent incidents on school campuses have included fires being set, school gardens being destroyed, alcoholic beverage bottles being broken, and graffiti sprayed on buildings. Neighborhoods have experienced similar destruction of property along with car break-ins and stolen property. We view our schools as a valuable community resource needing to be protected ...read more.